The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-07-23
a Statement of the Water Question.

Notices have been posted for some time an
nouncing that a vote would be taken on the wa
ter question at the regular place OF holding the
borough elections on Saturday. july 23rd, be
tween the hours Of a. m. and p M, and the
following statement is made IN order that the
citizens may vote intelligently on the question:
The vote is TO be taken In accordance with the
Act of Assembly of April i6, 1870, p. l.. page So,
which reads as follows: "The Burgess and Town
Council OF each Of the several boroughs through
out this commonwealth, be and are hereby au-
thorized and empowered to levy and collect, In
each and every year, an annual tax upon the as
sessed valuation OF each OF the said several bor-
oughs, In addition to the tax which they are al
ready authorized by law to levy and collect,
SDectal or additional tax not exceeding "A Ter
centm OF eight mills on each dollar of such as
sesSed valuations. Ihe money so raised and
collected shall be used, laid ont and expended
Tor the iollowlng pulposes,and none other name
ly; For the purpose Of purchasing. erecting and
maintaining such hre-pmgS or hydrlts. gas
lamps posts, gas or Kerosene lamps and hose for
lire engine companies as may be required to sup
ply the said borough with a sufficient supply OF
water for the eNtinguishment of fires cleansing
the streets ana other public purposes and with
gas or kerosene oil for the purpose Of properly
! lighting and Illuminating the streets. lanes
alleys and other public places in said horoughs,
] OF paying Tor SAID gas, water and hose ter tire
engines, and deiraying the expenses I'm making
all necessary attachments 10 gas and water
] mains IN said Dofougls, t0sether win an other
necessary expense ln securing a full, sufficient
aud abundant supply Of gas, water and hose for
fire engines in and throughout the said bor-
oughs.'
| Before the above Act viii be In force IN any
/ borough majority Of the town Council must al
a regular or stated meeting accept the Act and
| fix date for holding an election iOr vote Of
/ the people on the question. In order to pres mi
/ the matter 10 the people the Council accepted
] the Act al its June meeting and authorized a
special election to be held at the regular place OF
/ holding the borough elections on July 23rd, at
which time tickets VIII be prepared as follows:
ON the outside ''water tax, on the inside -for a
/ water tax or against 2 watertaN;" liitcarries
/ for water tax then the Council Will proceed
/ 10 have estimates aud surveys made so that thcv
can give the cost OF the same and the amount
! OF Indebtedness required 20 construct theWor S
as must be done M voting on the question of the
] Increase of Indebtedness as required by the
Act OF Assembly of April 20th. iS7i The seroud
/ election for the pQrpose ot increasing The indeht-
/ cdness to be held nt The regular November eiec-
/ ton. II the people vote against water tax
| then the Council Will consider the people appnsed
/ 20 the Borough putting the water In the borough,
! and they viii not 90 TO the expense OF making
SAID estimates required TO increase the indelt-
ness, but Will try and make some arrangements
10 have the water put in by stock company.
ONE lNTERHaIED.